Description:This laboratory course provides hands on experience for basic and common biotechnology
laboratory techniques in the areas of laboratory safety, aseptic techniques, measurements,
calculations, preparation of solutions, use of pH meters, spectrophotometers, centrifuges,
etc., as well as training in specific biotechnology techniques, including DNA extraction
and amplification, plasmid transformation, agarose gel electrophoresis, preparation
of LB broth and agar plates and restriction digestion of DNA. In a lecture science
course where there is a required co-requisite lab, students may withdraw from the
lab class, but stay in the lecture class. (Students may also choose to withdraw from
both.) Students will not be allowed to withdraw from the lecture and remain enrolled
in the lab. (*)